Thousands in southeast Michigan have joined a movement to stop the use of rat poisons due to the harm they pose to pets and predators. The most common types of rodenticides deployed by pest control ...

Sounds of scratching, gnawing, rustling or squeaking in your home at night could be signs of a rat infestation. According to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), Old World rats breed ...

"Love is in air" if you happen to live in a city infested with rats. After states, like California, restricted toxic rodenticides, some cities are starting to use a more humane way to control the rat ...

If the trap’s a-rockin’, don’t come a-knockin’. New York City’s fight against rats has entered the furry beasts’ bedrooms, with the City Council approving a measure to lace rat traps with rodent birth ...

The top health official in Washington, D.C., announced on Wednesday a new pilot program dedicated to fighting rodent infestation in the nation’s capital this spring. The district has had a problem ...

After California and other states restricted the use of highly toxic rat poisons, cities have turned to a new method to try to control their rat populations: birth control. Rather than a pill, the ...

The only sound is of snow crunching under her boots. Walking down an alleyway parallel to Woodward Avenue, Laura Mikulski spots what she’s looking for and crouches in front of it: A little hole, maybe ...

Rats have apparently joined death and taxes as a certainty in the life of some cities and towns. “It’s a very, very smart animal,” said Colin Zeigler, Somerville’s environmental health coordinator.

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